RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

War-dated TLS in French, signed “C. De Gaulle,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, October 6, 1942. Letter to Captain Vaisseau Ortoli on board the

Original engraving entitled ‘The Declaration of American Independence of the United States of America. July 4th 1776,’ and labeled in the lower border

Two issues of the Pittsburgh weekly newspaper The Tree of Liberty, dated July 4, 1801, and July 2, 1803, each four pages, 10.75 x 17. The 1801 paper b

ALS signed “Wm Ellery Coll,” one page, 6.25 x 8, February 27, 1797. Letter to District Attorney Ray Greene. In full: “Sea Letters and passports are si

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806). Lengthy ADS, signed “Smith P Quer [Pro Querente: For the Plaintiff],” one pag

Partly-printed DS, signed “Robt. Morris,” one page, 7.25 x 4, May 8, 1795. Promissory note from Jonathan Nicholson for $2500 payable to Morris, signed

Christmas card from 1990, 8 x 6 folded, opens to 16 x 6, embossed in gold on the outside with the family arms. Inside, the card bears a charming color

Partly-printed DS, signed “Fredk. Douglass, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10, circa March 2, 1871. Document reads, in full: “House of Representatives of the Uni

ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, September 28, 1980. Extraordinary letter on his views on the morality of abortion. In par

French military officer (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, t

Governor general of the French establishment in India and rival of Robert Clive (1697–1763). Rare manuscript DS, in French, signed “Dupleix,” one page

Bold ink endorsement signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on the reverse of a clipped 3.25 x 3.25 portion of a check written for $5000 to the Edison Portland

Unusual artistic color postcard of a landscape oil painting, 5.5 x 3.5, nicely signed against a white area in the sky with his classic ‘umbrella’ sign

Remarkable early ALS signed “Edison,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5.75 x 9, personal letterhead, May 8, 1882. Letter to Charles L. Clarke, chi

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists letterhead, April 24, 1947. Letter to F. J. Koster. In full: “

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 11, California Institute of Technology letterhead, January 30, 1933. Letter to Hans Dose in Chic

Lengthy ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, March 27, 1940. Letter to Helene Hertz, the widow of Paul Hertz. In full (translated)

Exquisite matte-finish 9 x 7.25 candid photo of Einstein standing outdoors at a dock with the water and shoreline in the background, nicely signed in

Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, who oversaw Japan’s rapid change from an isolated feudal state to an imperial world power (1852–1912); he was also

Second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1759–1828). Neatly penned ALS in French, signed “Ma